Saint-Jacques aux Pommes Vapeur

Name: Saint-Jacques aux Pommes Vapeur
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 200 g lardons; 3 tbsp olive oil; freshly ground black pepper; sea salt; 50 g butter; bunch of tarragon, leaves chopped; 600 g waxy potatoes; 1 tbsp white wine vinegar; 18 king scallops

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

The French Market

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2005

About

This rustic combination of fried king scallops, lardons and steamed tarragon potatoes is typical of the south-west coast, where farmers and fishermen exchange recipes as well as tall tales...

Ingredients

600 g waxy potatoes
3 tbsp olive oil
200 g

Europe
France
Main course
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Steam the potatoes for 20 minutes. Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a pan and fry the lardons for 5 minutes until crispy. If the scallops are still in their shells, open them and cut away from the shell, removing the dark thread that runs along the side of the scallop. Rinse and dry with kitche